Federal Communications Commission DA 20-624 DA 20-624 Released: June 15, 2020 STREAMLINED RESOLUTION OF REQUESTS RELATED TO ACTIONS BY THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATIVE COMPANY CC Docket No. 02-6 Pursuant to our procedure for resolving requests for review, requests for waiver, and petitions for reconsideration of decisions related to actions taken by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) that are consistent with precedent (collectively, Requests), the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) grants, dismisses, or denies the following Requests. See Streamlined Process for Resolving Requests for Review of Decisions by the Universal Service Administrative Company, CC Docket Nos. 96-45 and 02-6, WC Docket Nos. 02-60, 06-122, 08-71, 10-90, 11-42, and 14-58, Public Notice, 29 FCC Rcd 11094 (WCB 2014). Section 54.719(b) of the Commission’s rules provides that any person aggrieved by an action taken by a division of USAC, after first seeking review at USAC, may seek review from the Commission. Section 54.719(c) of the Commission’s rules provides that parties seeking waivers of the Commission’s rules shall seek review directly from the Commission. 47 CFR § 54.719(b)-(c). In this Public Notice, we have reclassified as Requests for Waiver those appeals seeking review of a USAC decision that appropriately should have requested a waiver of the Commission’s rules. Similarly, we have reclassified as Requests for Review those appeals seeking a waiver of the Commission’s rules but that are, in fact, seeking review of a USAC decision. The deadline for filing petitions for reconsideration or applications for review concerning the disposition of any of these Requests is 30 days from release of this Public Notice. See 47 CFR §§ 1.106(f), 1.115(d); see also 47 CFR § 1.4(b)(2) (setting forth the method for computing the amount of time within which persons or entities must act in response to deadlines established by the Commission). Schools and Libraries (E-Rate) CC Docket No. 02-6 Granted We remand these applications to USAC and direct USAC to complete its review of the applications and issue a funding commitment or a denial based on a complete review and analysis, no later than 90 calendar days from the release date of this Public Notice. In remanding these applications to USAC, we make no finding as to the ultimate eligibility of the services or the petitioners’ applications. We also waive sections 54.507(d) and 54.514(a) of the Commission’s rules and direct USAC to waive any procedural deadline that might be necessary to effectuate our ruling. See 47 CFR § 54.507(d) (requiring non-recurring services to be implemented by September 30 following the close of the funding year); 47 CFR § 54.514(a) (codifying the invoice filing deadline). Late-Filed FCC Form 471 Applications – Due to Circumstances Beyond Their Control See, e.g., Requests for Waiver and Review of Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by Abbotsford School District et al.; Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support Mechanism, CC Docket No. 02-6, Order, 27 FCC Rcd 15299, 15300, para. 2 (WCB 2012) (applicant filed their FCC Form 471 application beyond 14 days of the FCC Form 471 deadline due to delays beyond their control). A+ Charter School, AZ, Application No. 201044339, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 15, 2020) A+ Charter School, AZ, Application No. 201044340, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 15, 2020) Academia Maria Reina, PR, Application No. 201044220, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 29, 2020) Babcock Library, CT, Application No. 201044411, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 27, 2020) Boone County, AR, Application No. 201042335, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 21, 2020) Brooklyn Unit School District, IL, Application No. 201044361, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 20, 2020) Brooklyn Unit School District, IL, Application No. 201044361, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 20, 2020) Clearwater Public Library, NE, Application No. 201044425, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 29, 2020) Crystal City School District 47, MO, Application Nos. 201044362, 201044364, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 19, 2020) Don Bosco Prep School, NJ, Application No. 201044323, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 15, 2020) Duval County Public Schools, FL, Application No. 201044373, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 26, 2020) Ferris Independent School District, TX, Application No. 201044349, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 18, 2020) Franklin County Library, NC, Application No. 201044402, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 26, 2020) Fremont-Mills Community School District, IA, Application No. 201044188, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 15, 2020) Gila County Information Education Technology Consortium, AZ, Application No. 201044322, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 18, 2020) Gilead Christian School District, OH, Application No. 201009850, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 18, 2020) Grace Lutheran School, FL, Application No. 201044387, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 29, 2020) Grafton School Beach, VA, Application No. 201044394, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 26, 2020) Glendale River Hills School District, WI, Application No. 201044375, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 20, 2020) Graettinger Public Library, IA, Application No. 201044388, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 22, 2020) Grafton School, VA, Application No. 201044338, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 16, 2020) Hancock Public Schools, MI, Application No. 201044383, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 21, 2020) Harvard Academy, PR, Application No. 201044119, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 15, 2020) Head Start Community Program of Morris County, NJ, Application No. 201044353, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 18, 2020) Indianola Community School District, IA, Application No. 201044321, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 19, 2020) Ithaca Public Schools, MI, Application No. 201044332, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 28, 2020) Jefferson Academy Charter Schools, CO, Application No. 201044318, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 14, 2020) Justice Resource Institute, MA, Application No. 201044365, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 20, 2020) Lake Linden-Hubbell Public Schools, MI, Application No. 201044381, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 21, 2020) Lander County School District, NV, Application No. 201044328, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 14, 2020) Mary Louis Academy, NY, Application Nos. 201044355, 201044356, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 18, 2020) Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency, IA, Application No. 201044408, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 29, 2020) Montgomery County School District, GA, Application No. 201044269, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 13, 2020, supplemented May 18, 2020) Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District, VT, Application No. 201038873, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 18, 2020) Mount Vernon City School District, OH, Application No. 201044366, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 19, 2020) Newark Boys Chorus School, NJ, Application Nos. 201044401, 201044399, 201044398, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 4, 2020) Onawa Public Library, IA, Application No. 201033365, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 20, 2020) Project Reflect, TN, Application No. 201044334, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 15, 2020) Puerto Rican Family Institute, NY, Application No. 201044325, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 15, 2020) Rowe Elementary Charter Schools, IL, Application No. 201044391, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 28, 2020) Search Day School, NJ, Application No. 201044427, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 29, 2020) Shenandoah Community School District, IA, Application No. 201044403, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 27, 2020) Southeastern Vermont Community Action, VT, Application Nos. 201044329, 201044331, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 15, 2020) St. John Vianney High School, NJ, Application No. 201044393, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 26, 2020) Theodore Roosevelt School, AZ, Application No. 201044382, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 25, 2020) Transcenter for Youth, WI, Application No. 201044345, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 18, 2020) University View Academy from Louisiana Connections, LA, Application No. 201044368, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 20, 2020) Wake County Public Library, NC, Application No. 201033828, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed April 29, 2020) YWCA Palm Beach County, FL, Application No. 201044392, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 26, 2020) Late-Filed FCC Form 471 Applications – Filed Within 14 Days of the Close of the Window See, e.g., Requests for Waiver and Review of Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by Academy of Math and Science et al.; Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support Mechanism, CC Docket No. 02-6, Order, 25 FCC Rcd 9256, 9259, para. 8 (2010) (finding special circumstances existed to justify granting waiver requests where, for example, petitioners filed their FCC Forms 471 within 14 days of the filing window deadline). Academy for Academic Excellence, TX, Application No. 201044215, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 11, 2020) Advantage Academy, TX, Application No. 201044223, 201044229, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 28, 2020) Akron-Summit County Public Library, OH, Application No. 201043988, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 8, 2020) Albuquerque School of Excellence, NM, Application No. 201044265, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 18, 2020) Austin Independent School District, TX, Application No. 201023966, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 28, 2020) Braination, TX, Application No. 201043968, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (Apr. 30, 2020) Bushwick United, NY, Application No. 201044025, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 4, 2020) Cathedral School of St John D1vine, NJ, Application No. 201044043, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 4, 2020) Calumet City Public Library, IL, Application No. 201044104, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 7, 2020) Center for Family Resources, NJ, Application No. 201044249, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 12, 2020) Clearwater Memorial Public Library, ID, Application No. 201044144, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 8, 2020) Comal Independent School, TX, Application Nos. 201044041, 201044040, 201044045, 201044060, 201044061, 201044065, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 28, 2020) Community Christian School of Baraboo, Inc., WI, Application No. 201005091, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 12, 2020) Community Partnership Madera, CA, Application No. 201044096, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 6, 2020) Community Program of Morris County, NJ, Application No. 201044093, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 6, 2020) Craighead Co-Jonesboro Public Library, AR, Application No. 201043436, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 18, 2020) Davenport Community School District, IA, Application No. 201032548, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 12, 2020) Department of Management Services, FL, Application No. 201044161, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 12, 2020) East Brunswick Public Library, NJ, Application No. 201044168, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed June 1, 2020) East Peoria School District 20, IL, Application No. 201044164, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 11, 2020) Education Service Center Region 7, TX, Application No. 201042901, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 7, 2020) Einstein Charter School District, LA, Application No. 201044158, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 11, 2020) El Paso Independent School District, TX, Application No. 201044284, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed June 2, 2020) Escambia City Head Start/Comm Act. Prog. Committee, Inc., FL, Application No. 201044148, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 11, 2020) Evesham Township School District, NJ, Application No. 201044075, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 6, 2020) Excellence in Leadership Academy, TX, Application No. 201044237, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 29, 2020) Faith Islamic Learning Center, OH, Application No. 201044186, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 27, 2020) Faith Public Library, SD, Application No. 201043255, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 18, 2020) Franklin Area School District, PA, Application No. 201044207, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 12, 2020) French International School, PA, Application No. 201044049, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 8, 2020) French International School, PA, Application No. 201044050, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 8, 2020) Garnet Valley School District, NJ, Application Nos. 201044111, 201044112, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 7, 2020) Grace Academy, CT, Application No. 201043496, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 11, 2020) Grafton School, VA, Application No. 201044182, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 11, 2020) Harpswell Coastal Academy-Highschool, ME, Application No. 201044199, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 12, 2020) Harpswell Coastal Academy-Highschool, ME, Application No. 201043980, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 12, 2020) Haverford School, PA, Application No. 201044067, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 11, 2020) Haverford School, PA, Application No. 201044082, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 11, 2020) Haverford School, PA, Application No. 201044087, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 11, 2020) Haverford School, PA, Application No. 201044126, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 11, 2020) Haverford School, PA, Application No. 201044128, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 11, 2020) Holy Cross Head Start, NY, Application No. 201044187, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 12, 2020) Iroquois Kankakee Regional Office of Education, IL, Application Nos. 201029660, 201044107, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 7, 2020) Lake County Office of Education, CA, Application No. 201037982, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 19, 2020) Lakeland School District, PA, Application No. 201043856, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 11, 2020) Lake Worth Independent School District, TX, Application Nos. 201044233, 201044235, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 29, 2020) Leaguers Early Childhood Development Center, NJ, Application No. 201044183, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 11, 2020) Leavenworth Unified School District 453, KS, Application No. 201044178, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 12, 2020) Leslie County Public Library, KY, Application No. 201044200, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 12, 2020) Lewisville ISD, TX, Application No. 201044114, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 29, 2020) Lewisville ISD, TX, Application Nos. 201044085, 201044113, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 29, 2020) Mayfair Christian School, OH, Application No. 201044170, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 11, 2020) McCleary School District, WA, Application No. 201043877, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed April 29, 2020) Minnehaha Academy North, MN, Application No. 201044162, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 11, 2020) Mobile Public Library, AL, Application Nos. 201044116, 201044145, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 15, 2020) Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency, NY, Application No. 201044026, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 4, 2020) Neighborhood House Association, CA, Application No. 201044027, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 4, 2020) New Castle County Voc Tech, DE, Application No. 201044179, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 12, 2020) Nixon Smiley Consolidated Independent School District, TX, Application No. 201044244, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed June 1, 2020) Northern California Child Development, CA, Application No. 201044185, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 12, 2020) Oasis Public Charter School, CA, Application No. 201037982, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 26, 2020) Onondaga Cortland Madison, NY, Application No. 201044140, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed June 1, 2020) Orion E-rate Consortium, TX, Application No. 201044242, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed June 1, 2020) Our Lady of Good Counsel School, NY, Application No. 201044108, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 7, 2020) Pewitt CISD, TX, Application No. 201044245, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed June 1, 2020) Pine Ridge School, SD, Application No. 201040662, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 15, 2020) Portales Public Library, NM, Application Nos. 201044137, 201044139, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 8, 2020) Prescott Valley Charter School, AZ, Application Nos. 201044221, 201044222, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 12, 2020) Promesa Academy, TX, Application No. 201044163, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 11, 2020, supplemented May 12, 2020) Ridgefield Academy, CT, Application No. 201044180, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 12, 2020) Ridgeview Global Studies Academy, FL, Application No. 201044241, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 18, 2020) Rochester Math and Science Academy, MN, Application No. 201044098, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed June 1, 2020) Salem County Special Services, NJ, Application No. 201044146, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 8, 2020) Salem Lutheran School, CA, Application No. 201044224, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 11, 2020) Schertz Cibolo Universal City, TX, Application Nos. 201044196, 201044204, 201044227, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed June 2, 2020) School of Dreams Academy, NM, Application No. 201004715, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 26, 2020) Scott Valley Unified School District, CA, Application No. 201044073, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed March 13, 2020) Shoshone-Paiute Tribal Library, NV, Application Nos. 201016823, 201016825, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 18, 2020) St. Aloysius Academy, PA, Application Nos. 201044044, 201044048, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 8, 2020) St. Clare School, IL, Application No. 201044189, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 12, 2020) St. Michael School, PA, Application No. 201039716, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 18, 2020) State of Neb Dept of Admin Services Office of the CIO, NE, Application No. 201044009, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 26, 2020) Strawn Independent School District, TX, Application No. 201044271, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed June 2, 2020) Tri-City C.U.S.D. No.1, IL, Application No. 201044285, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 15, 2020) The Village Charter School, ID, Application No. 201044086, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 6, 2020) University Laboratory School, LA, Application No. 201044021, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 12, 2020) Upshur County School District, WV, Application No. 201044014, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 8, 2020) Villa Maria Academy Lower, VA, Application No. 201023767, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 8, 2020) Villa Maria Academy Lower, PA, Application No. 201044057, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 29, 2020) Vineland Free Public Library, NJ, Application No. 201044273, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed June 1, 2020) Virgin Islands Division of Libraries, Archives and Museums, VI, Application No. 201044289, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 18, 2020) Virginia Beach Public Library, VA, Application No. 201023767, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 18, 2020) West Clermont Local School District, OH, Application No. 201044079, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 6, 2020) West Deptford Free Public Library, NJ, Application No. 201044184, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed June 1, 2020) For additional information concerning this Public Notice, please contact James Bachtell in the Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at james.bachtell@fcc.gov or (202) 418-2694. - FCC - 10